The co-op survival game Icarus will soon be leaving the beta for release. Now the system requirements have been set – and they’re pretty tough.
Do you still know DayZ? Frighteningly fast zombies, but an extremely slow Early Access phase? Dean Hall, who dreamt up the popular survival martyrdom, is now releasing his latest work, Icarus, with studio Rocketwerkz. Now the release date and system requirements for the new sci-fi survival game have been announced on Steam.
Icarus is scheduled for a full release as early as 4 December, after pre-orderers have already been able to try out beta builds of the survival game over several weekends in recent months.
Tough system requirements
The high system requirements of Icarus may come as a surprise to some: Your computer should have at least 16 gigabytes of RAM and a GTX 1060 with 6 gigabytes of memory. Even 32 gigabytes of RAM and an RTX graphics card are recommended. The full list of system requirements can be found here:
Minimum Requirements:
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
- Processor: Intel i5 8400
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage space: 70 GB available storage space
Recommended:
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
- Processor: Intel i7-9700
- Memory: 32 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 3060ti
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 70 GB available storage
For pre-orderers who have already diligently taken advantage of the beta weekends, Icarus’ hardware hunger will hardly be news. At the last beta date, the developer had further spruced up the game’s graphics, which are well worth seeing, with ray-tracing effects, which you can admire in a separate video:
Coop sci-fi for one to eight players
As the video already suggests, Icarus relies on a significantly different scenario than DayZ. Instead of living in rural Chernarus, you live on a space station from which you set off on temporary excursions to an alien planet. Your stay on the planet cannot be permanent, as a failed terraforming attempt has poisoned the air there.
In contrast to DayZ, you will only meet other players in Icarus as co-op partners. During your visit, you will go alone or with up to seven other players in search of valuable exotic matter, which you can use to unlock advanced technologies in orbit. These, in turn, allow you to take on more difficult and rewarding missions on the planet.
During these missions, however, you cannot rely on high-tech equipment from the start. You will have to build your own weapons, tools and outposts to protect you from the hostile environment. How this is all supposed to play is shown in this gameplay trailer:
Icarus’ concept certainly seems to have a following, as the game is now in fifth place on the most wanted upcoming titles at (Steam), ahead of the PC version of God of War, Total War Warhammer 3 or STALKER 2.
If you are interested in Icarus, you don’t have to wait much longer: The starting signal for the journey of discovery to the alien planet is planned for 4 December. There is a 10 percent discount until 13 December, after which Icarus will be available on Steam for 25 euros.
Are you considering giving Icarus a chance? Have you already pre-ordered the game and tested it extensively? Or are the system requirements holding you back from buying it? Let us know what you think of the game in the comments
